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Who you think would be the most adaptable class of pvp healing? Like for arenas for instance which of the 2 will have the abilty to adapt easier to their partner? Im looking for a good healer. I was thinking about a druid for the mobility of their healing. Then again the priest's abililty to mana burn is just godly in my opinion. What are your thoughts?
If you want to heal for arena druids are 10 times better than priests. For the simlpe fact they can shape shift out of any movement slowing effect and go into travel form. Also their hots will keep up their counter parts until they are safe again.
Ty for your response. So are you saying that a druid is more able to heal all 3? are can a priest be good at all 3 bracketss and regular BG's and come out on top better than a druid?
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i have to say
2v2 druids(but a priest could also work)
3v3 i would use a priest. (druid could also work)
5v5 priest shammys and pallys.
edit: just my opinion on what works best
Edited, Dec 22nd 2007 2:10pm by thesilentassasin
2v2 druids(but a priest could also work)
3v3 i would use a priest. (druid could also work)
5v5 priest shammys and pallys.
edit: just my opinion on what works best
Edited, Dec 22nd 2007 2:10pm by thesilentassasin
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id say priests since they are very versitile they could heal for pretty well any kinds of arena. a pally is also a strong healer. with plate armour so they could talke a beating aswell as bubbles. druids also ha cyclone which keep the ppl useless unless they trinket or something. they also have entangling roots to make the casters in the grp unharmed. priests on the other hand can do every type of healing spell u can imagine and they can shield there team, fear to get opponents away, and if disc spec(the kind of healer you want for PvP) they have a clearcasting state which keeps u for getting interupted by dmg.
Druids are known to be the strongest in 2v2, but they get worse as the brackets get larger.
Priests on the other hand are the strongest arena healers right now, we just require proper gear to do so because a priest with no resilience is dead faster than most classes.
Priests on the other hand are the strongest arena healers right now, we just require proper gear to do so because a priest with no resilience is dead faster than most classes.
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Ty for your response. So are you saying that a druid is more able to heal all 3? are can a priest be good at all 3 bracketss and regular BG's and come out on top better than a druid?
Druid is outstanding no matter what bracket they are in, esspecially with them having by far the best crowd control in arena.
Myself being a priest with 400+ resilience, I can tell you until you get in that range you are gonna get destroyed. Once you do get to 400+ you will be able to stay alive much eaiser and bring tons of utility to groups, esspecially 5v5 As you go up in brackets a priest gets worse imo until you have decent gear though. If you walk into a 5v5 agaisnt a decent team you will be dead in a matter of seconds without 300+ resilience. Where as a druid can stealth until needed, pop out cyclone someone, throw out hots and go travel form.
Only problem with druids is they could be nerfed soon, but who knows.
Go to
http://www.wowarmory.com/arena-ladder.xml?b=Vindication&ts=2&p=1&sf=rank&sd=a
and you can look at the top teams in each battlegroup, or just look at all the teams if you want.
Ya i really want to make a priest but with the resiliance needed to be good i dont think ill will be seeing that in a VERY long time...if ever...so i should just go with a druid?
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Just curious, why have you left out the paladin and shaman classes in what you're looking for?
Priest has a hard time with drood in 2v2 without a great deal of finesse.
In 3v3 and 5v5 we are usually not used as main healers unless the other classes are extremely survivable.
Priests are offensive healers with the ability to mana burn other casters and we're the only class that can dispel ice block and pally bubble.
So, you have to play to those strengths rather than trying to toss out big heals all the time, if that's all you do you're gimping your own utility.
In 3v3 and 5v5 we are usually not used as main healers unless the other classes are extremely survivable.
Priests are offensive healers with the ability to mana burn other casters and we're the only class that can dispel ice block and pally bubble.
So, you have to play to those strengths rather than trying to toss out big heals all the time, if that's all you do you're gimping your own utility.
I left out the paladin and shaman class out because i already have a pally...even though she's low and i also dont really care for shamans to much. Healing on my pally is fun but not the best to me...
Priests are very good in 5v5. Your mass dispel and AoE healing is huge.
In the 2v2 and 3v3 brackets a pally or druid is much better for the survivability.
In the 2v2 and 3v3 brackets a pally or druid is much better for the survivability.
A healing druid's strength in the arena is its defensive mobility, plus a selection of CC, interrupts and roots. They're very hard to kill in 2vs2 and 3vs3, but it's easier to cut off their escape in 5vs5, and their HoTs don't deal well with 5vs5 focus fire.
A healing priest's strength in the arena is its offensive dispels and mana burns. A high-resilience priest with the proc-on-crit talents can weather a surprising amount of focus fire, and they have burst healing that might save their teammates during focus fire. They come up short on crowd control and escape mechanisms, however. Healing priests are statistically the most successful class in 3vs3 matches (rogue/mage/priest is particularly feared), and are well-represented in 2vs2 and 5vs5.
A healing priest's strength in the arena is its offensive dispels and mana burns. A high-resilience priest with the proc-on-crit talents can weather a surprising amount of focus fire, and they have burst healing that might save their teammates during focus fire. They come up short on crowd control and escape mechanisms, however. Healing priests are statistically the most successful class in 3vs3 matches (rogue/mage/priest is particularly feared), and are well-represented in 2vs2 and 5vs5.
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If you're looking for a new class to play you should think about how you want to play more than who is more powerful. The flavor of the month has changed a few times since arena was introduced and it's likely to do so again before you're 70. If you play a druid you're going to spend a lot of time running around, power shifting, and hotting. If you play a priest you're going to be playing the LoS game, casting direct heals, and "attacking" your opponents with dispel and mana burn. I personally had more fun leveling my druid. I GREATLY prefer healing on my priest though. I don't like healing as a druid PvP or PvE.
If you're looking for an arena parter, find someone you like playing with. Both druids and priests are viable arena healers and playing well with someone is more important than the "right" comp.
Either way, gear is important and you're not going to walk into an arena with a new 70 and be invincible simply because of the class comp. Both will take some BG grinding and weeks struggling against S3 arena teams. Either way good luck.
Edit: Wow my sig was old.
Edited, Dec 27th 2007 5:01pm by Twinkzilla
If you're looking for an arena parter, find someone you like playing with. Both druids and priests are viable arena healers and playing well with someone is more important than the "right" comp.
Either way, gear is important and you're not going to walk into an arena with a new 70 and be invincible simply because of the class comp. Both will take some BG grinding and weeks struggling against S3 arena teams. Either way good luck.
Edit: Wow my sig was old.
Edited, Dec 27th 2007 5:01pm by Twinkzilla
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Druids are known to be the strongest in 2v2, but they get worse as the brackets get larger.
Druids do not actually get weaker as the team gets larger. Many people believe this, but it is simply wrong. It just gets that much harder for druids to do what they do when the teams get larger. The class itself can handle it. However it is significantly harder for a druid to keep a steady rotation with so many players on the board. The confusion can be countered with addons, but still the skill required to accomplish what a mediocre druid can do in 2 vs 2 is many times higher when having a 5 vs 5 brawl.
I simply prefer druids as arena healers. Priests are still great healers but I think I would go with a shadow priest in arena before getting a holy/disc one. Hell as a matter of fact I have a Spriest in every one of my arena brackets.
I'm biased towards priests myself. A well-played priest with good gear is a nightmare for the other team. Mana burn, PS, dispelling, and abuse of no-cast-time heals makes them incredibly powerful.
Druids seem to be strongest in 2v2, partly because they can run so much easier. The druid can shapeshift out of a lot of CC, and can keep on the run if they're being focus fired. That said, I still have a bigger problem with priests.
Priests also pull way ahead when teams don't know how to focus fire, due to Binding Heal and PoM, especially in 2v2. Nothing makes me happier than a warlock who drops DoTs on me and my rogue partner and I watch as five ticks of 1.5k healing bounces between us.
Druids seem to be strongest in 2v2, partly because they can run so much easier. The druid can shapeshift out of a lot of CC, and can keep on the run if they're being focus fired. That said, I still have a bigger problem with priests.
Priests also pull way ahead when teams don't know how to focus fire, due to Binding Heal and PoM, especially in 2v2. Nothing makes me happier than a warlock who drops DoTs on me and my rogue partner and I watch as five ticks of 1.5k healing bounces between us.
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